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These laws segregated races of people
What are Jim Crow Laws
100
He founded the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
100
Many arrived on boat to this spot in New York City
What is Ellis Island
100
The corruption of the time was known as...
What is graft
100
He coined the name "Gilded Age"
Who is Mark Twain
200
This helped put an end to monopolies
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
200
He wrote the book "How the Other Half Lives" which exposed how the poor in America lived
Who is Jacob Riis
200
People who disliked immigrants were known as this
What is nativist
200
When immigrants from specific countries lived in the same location these areas were called...
What is ethnic neighborhoods
200
He was the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine
Who is William "Boss" Tweed
300
Passed in 1877 by President Cleveland, it allowed the federal government to regulate the pricing of railroad carriers
What is Interstate Commerce Act
300
He founded the Tuskegee Institute, which was a college for African Americans
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
This settlement house in Chicago was the first one established for immigrants in the US
What is Hull House
300
A term that describes when a powerful company has control over the market and blocks competition
What is a monopoly
300
Name one leisure activity that was enjoyed during the Gilded Age
What is amusement parks (Coney Island), baseball
400
This famous court case said "separate but equal" is legal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
He promoted the idea of the "Gospel of Wealth" which said the wealthy should help the poor
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
This was the name for the apartments the poor lived in
What is tenement
400
The Patrons of Husbandry was better known as this
What is the Grange
400
He was the "Father of Modernism" and created the first skyscraper
Who is Louis Sullivan
500
This Act said that some government positions could only be held after passing a written test
What is Pendleton Act
500
He was a famous ragtime musician in the late 1800's
Who is Scott Joplin
500
She established the first settlement house in the US; Hull House
Who is Jane Addams
500
He wrote the book "Looking Backwards 2000-1887" in which America would be a better society with no crime and better social conditions
Who is Edward Bellamy
500
A third party person brought into collective bargaining so that a deal can be reached and a strike avoided
What is arbitrator